It's an open protocol anyone can join. But by design we are the first ones who feel attracted as it perfectly aligns with our values of permissionless access etc.
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It's value absolutely dies without network effects. Good ideas don't always succeed.
Nost works already for me, I'll definitely not going back to Twitter.
You're missing the point, this is not about you.
Just change your time preference. It's like 2009/2010 now in Bitcoin time for Nostr. Network effects take time and for now having a small enthusiastic user base is not bad imo, as the ecosystem needs to improve anyway, before normal users can join.